Paul Lynn's PLC Dojo

8 hours of video instruction
65 lessons
7 articles
29 downloadable resources
Unlimited access
Certificate of Completion
Included software: RSLogix 500 Micro, RSLinx Classic Lite, Emulate 500 (everything you need to create and run your own PLC programs)


How Will This Course Benefit You?

By the end of this course, you will be both able and practiced at originating complex ladder logic applications.

The primary and overall objective of this course is to give an INTERMEDIATE PLC programming student, rigorous, practical experience in creating unguided, original ladder logic.

You will build on the knowledge and understanding of PLC programming you got from PLC Fundamentals by using those instructions and environments and techniques to create real-world solutions to problems defined throughout this course.

Upon completion of this course, you will have the requisite skill set to translate a description of a process into a functioning logical solution.


Are there any requirements?

All software required for this course is available for free and links will be provided.

You should have already completed PLC Fundamentals before taking this course.


Course Summary

As a PLC programmer, you will usually find yourself working alone, unsupported and with nobody to help you but Google.  Your boss or client will tell you what they need, and the only thing they want to hear from you is, "Here it is."  And when you deliver, it goes without saying that the expectation is - that it WORKS!

This is the course the acclimates you to the real world.  This isn't the classroom anymore; this is war!  You vs the PLC.

In this course, we hit the ground RUNNING. I designed this course to build upon the theoretical training students received in "PLC Programming from Scratch" by taking that knowledge (plus a few new pieces) and constructing original ladder logic applications to solve everyday, industrial problems.

Using the Rockwell software RSLogix 500, RSLinx and RSLogix 500 Emulate, you will be given various descriptions / specifications for programs and then expected to write each one from scratch.  After, I will walk everybody through my own approach to each problem step-by-step.  Lastly, we'll run each project on the emulator and debug as required before moving on to the next section.

This course is 100% practical!  It is expected and assumed that you got the theoretical in my previous PLC course, and as such, this course contains NO REFRESHERS.  This is all new material!  There ARE a few new instructions used in this course, and those will be properly introduced, but you should already know how to use blocks like XIC, XIO, OTE, ONS, SCP, JSR and etc..  Again - this is an INTERMEDIATE course.  It has a PREREQUISITE course before it.  Don't try to walk before you crawl and then get all sour and mad about it when you fall down.  

Let me be clear: you WILL struggle in this course.  That's the whole point.  My first PLC course has a lot of group hugs, hand-holding, warm bottles of milk and hippie drum circles all in a safe, friendly, positive learning environment.  This course is NOT like that.  This is boot camp.  This is you being thrown into the deep end of the swimming pool... with a shark.  If you want to get frustrated, wrack your brain trying to solve hard problems and learn what it's like being a PLC programmer - this is your course!  You'll come out of it better, faster and smarter.  If you're not ready for that yet, take my first course.